No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.4/363 - Release Date: 6/13/2006 San Francisco Will Appeal Proposition H Ruling: The City and County of San Francisco will appeal the ruling by a superior court judge that its voter-approved ban on handguns violates state pre-emption of the regulation of deadly weapons. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/6/13/233955.shtml?s=us http://www.kcbs.com/pages/45939.php? --- SAF Says Daly Should Pay Appeal Costs: San Francisco City Supervisor Chris Daly, architect of the city's failed Proposition H handgun ban, should personally finance the city's planned appeal of yesterday's court ruling that overturned the measure, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said Tuesday. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=67455 --- Did New York Gun Owners Miss An Opportunity?: Two bills, intended to end the illegal restrictions imposed on many New York State pistol permits, have died in a legislative committee. One commentator claims they were killed by lobbying for a shall-issue permit system. http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060613/SPORTS/606130332/1003 --- Arizona Trail-Shooting Case Goes To Jury: A retired teacher is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of a man who charged him on a hiking trail. http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2006/06/13/news/20060613_news_12.txt --- JPFO vs. BATFE: JPFO points to the recent BATFE raid on KT Ordnance as further evidence of the need to abolish that agency. http://jpfo.org/alert20060613.htm --- SIG Challenges CHP S&W Contract: SigArms contends that the California Highway Patrol restricted bids on a $5.3 million gun contract to a single Smith & Wesson pistol, even though a rival manufacturer offered almost identical weapons for $2.2 million less. http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=CHP-PISTOLBIDS-06-12-06 --- Winchester Plant Still Up For Grabs: FN Herstal, owner of US Repeating Arms, the recent manufacturer of Winchester firearms, has agreed to give the City of New Haven until June 23 to attempt to find a buyer for the plant. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2006/06/post_236.php Related Article: http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_3930673 -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .